Cuba underwent a huge blackout on Friday evening which hit the capital, the Havana and the provinces of the country and left millions of people in the dark.
The Ministry of Energy and Mine of Cuba said it Around 8:15 pm a blackout in the sealing of the tender on the outskirts of Havana He had caused “a significant loss of generation west of Cuba and, with it, the failure of the national electrical system”.
The Ministry declared in his account on the social platform X that he is “working in the recovery process”. The streets of Havana were dark and emptywith light from the windows of the hotels that had generators. The Internet service was interested. Inhabitants of remaining provinces like Guantanamo, Sagebrush, Santiago de Cuba eSanta Clara They reported Blackout with lightly light samples.
Previously, the electricity, the state agency that regulates the sector, said in its daily relationship that The leading question would be about 3,250 megawatt and the deficit would have reached around 1,380 megawattsWhich means that 42% of the national energy system would turn off. This figure is not the highest in recent times.
Cuba suffered three Generalized locals in your energy system at the end of last yearleaving the island in the middle of a serious economic crisis. Cuban electricity has been influenced by frequent cutswhich affect more than half of the country in the top hours.
The cuts are mainly due to the lack of fuel and the aging of infrastructure. In many parts of the island, Electricity is crucial for cooking and water pumping.
The authorities of the island have started Installation program of photovoltaic parks And they promised that dozens of them will be ready this year. The Blackout previously caused anti -government events in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
